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BowFlex, Vancouver’s longtime fitness company, is no more

April 24, 2024, 3:01pm Business

Vancouver-based fitness company Bowflex is no more. Read story

As Biden celebrates computer chip factories, voters wait for the promised production to start

April 25, 2024, 7:40am Business

President Joe Biden has a great economic story to tell voters a decade from now, less so in 2024. Read story

A clearance sign is displayed at a retail clothing store in Downers Grove, Ill., Monday, April 1, 2024. On Friday, April 26, 2024, the Commerce Department issues its March report on consumer spending. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month

A clearance sign is displayed at a retail clothing store in Downers Grove, Ill., Monday, April 1, 2024. On Friday, April 26, 2024, the Commerce Department issues its March report on consumer spending. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

April 26, 2024, 7:57am Business

A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed’s reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid. Read story

These are the countries where TikTok is already banned

April 26, 2024, 7:57am Business

TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new law threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests. It would be the biggest blow yet to the popular video-sharing app, which has faced various restrictions around the world. Read story

FLE - A group of women who have spoken out about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein&rsquo;s sexual misconduct and who refer to themselves as the &ldquo;Silence Breakers,&rdquo; face the media during a news conference at Los Angeles City Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Los Angeles. New York&rsquo;s highest court on Thursday, April 25, 2024, has overturned Harvey Weinstein&rsquo;s 2020 rape conviction and ordered a new trial.

‘The movement will persist’: Advocates stress Weinstein reversal doesn’t derail #MeToo reckoning

FLE - A group of women who have spoken out about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein&rsquo;s sexual misconduct and who refer to themselves as the &ldquo;Silence Breakers,&rdquo; face the media during a news conference at Los Angeles City Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Los Angeles. New York&rsquo;s highest court on Thursday, April 25, 2024, has overturned Harvey Weinstein&rsquo;s 2020 rape conviction and ordered a new trial.

April 26, 2024, 7:40am Business

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again. Read story

FILE - Pedestrians walk past the Nasdaq building Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in New York with the stock price of Trump Media &amp; Technology Group Corp., displayed on screens.

Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millions

FILE - Pedestrians walk past the Nasdaq building Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in New York with the stock price of Trump Media &amp; Technology Group Corp., displayed on screens.

April 26, 2024, 7:39am Business

Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Read story

FILE - The logo for Microsoft, and a scene from Activision &ldquo;Call of Duty - Modern Warfare,&rdquo; are shown in this photo, in New York, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Microsoft reports earnings on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Microsoft quarterly profit rises 20% as tech giant pushes to get customers using AI products

FILE - The logo for Microsoft, and a scene from Activision &ldquo;Call of Duty - Modern Warfare,&rdquo; are shown in this photo, in New York, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Microsoft reports earnings on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

April 26, 2024, 7:39am Business

Microsoft on Thursday said its profit rose 20% for the January-March quarter as it tries to position itself as a leader in applying artificial intelligence technology to make workplaces more productive. Read story

Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, center, presents a plaque to President Joe Biden, left, in honor of Biden&rsquo;s support of Micron through the CHIPS and Science Act, at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Syracuse, N.Y. Pictured at right is New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

Boise-based Micron gets combined $13.6 billion grant, loan for chip plants

Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, center, presents a plaque to President Joe Biden, left, in honor of Biden&rsquo;s support of Micron through the CHIPS and Science Act, at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Syracuse, N.Y. Pictured at right is New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

April 26, 2024, 7:35am Business

The Biden administration chose Boise, Idaho-based Micron Technology for a $6.1 billion federal grant and $7.5 billion loan to build factories where memory chips would be manufactured, the latest award meant to drive domestic production of vital technology. Read story

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in New York.

Stock market today: Alphabet and Microsoft push Wall Street toward its first winning week in a month

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in New York.

April 26, 2024, 7:27am Business

Alphabet and Microsoft are leading the U.S. stock market on Friday toward the finish of its first winning week in the last four. Read story

Oceangoing ships prepare to dock at the Port of Vancouver. Around 7 million metric tons of cargo moved through the port in 2022. Infrastructure hasn&rsquo;t kept up with the growing size of ships coming up and down the river.

River pilots keep ships rolling on the Columbia

Oceangoing ships prepare to dock at the Port of Vancouver. Around 7 million metric tons of cargo moved through the port in 2022. Infrastructure hasn&rsquo;t kept up with the growing size of ships coming up and down the river.

April 26, 2024, 6:06am Business

Maritime safety isn’t something most people thought much about before a massive cargo ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., and killed six people one month ago. Read story